fuse or circuit breaker?

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bcraigan

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Fuse Box or Circuit Breaker? Any thoughts? I want to re wire, and get all those wires coming off of my battery and go to a much more organized set up.
 
IMHO,ATO fuse panel is the way to go for our size boats. Breaker panels are nice but get expensive. I keep a couple breaker type fuses(resetable) on board in case theres a problem finding a short instead of shotgunning fuses at the panel. Haven't had to do that yet but theres always a what if involved with all boats.
 
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what dan said , i also moved mine from under the dash to the top of the cabin, much easier to get to and troubleshoot
 
another good thing about fuses, have been known to wrap a piece of aluminum foil around one and pop it back it to get home.
 
I just rewired and I have both glass fuses and breakers, I rebuilt the switch panel with breakers, and then added a fuse box for the hard wired stuff
 
best part on fuse's if you were to buy a new item and it requires a larger fuse due to amp draw in a breaker you are stuck but with fuses just pop in a larger size.
 
phatdaddy said:
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what dan said , i also moved mine from under the dash to the top of the cabin, much easier to get to and troubleshoot
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I am so jealous.....all of your wires are the same color (black and red)....My boat is a mish mosh of wire add ons that would take me a solid week to figure what powers what.:head:
 
Cam said:
I am so jealous.....all of your wires are the same color (black and red)....My boat is a mish mosh of wire add ons that would take me a solid week to figure what powers what.:head:
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actually there's a color code for boats and they aren't all suppose to be red and black lol.
 
good links Skools:clap:


The red and black beats most heavy equipment once if get a few years old. I've seen a dozer rewired with all red; hot, grounds, what ever it was, it was red.
 
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